Category Archives: Kite Columns

Issue 72: News Reel

AFGHANISTAN-AMERICA: As a boy, Behrooz learned the craft and science behind kites, as did many [...]

Issue 72: Drachen Archives: A Collection of National Treasures

It is a bit humorous to talk about “humans” being artifacts and treasures, but such [...]

Issue 72: REVisions – Odds and ends!

Are you ready for it? It’s nearly here!  A mere 3 weeks from this issue [...]

Issue 72: Buggy Newz

Pembrey Beach, South Wales The Parakart Association National Race Series 2010 continued with Round 3 [...]

Issue 72: Featured Store – Midwest Kites

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 71: From the Editor

Wow, seventy-one issues… Can you believe we’ve been at it this long? Even since I [...]

Issue 71: Kites… Life.

Quite often, it seems like we’ve got more pans in the fire than one could [...]

Issue 71: AKA Corner

NKM and the AKA online… If you want to have a great time celebrating the [...]

Issue 71: Dave’s World – Full Circle

Thirty years ago, I stumbled across a small kite festival at the D River Wayside [...]

Issue 71: Dave’s World – Thailand Intl Kite Festival

Looking out at photos of the field, there is one thing you notice and one [...]

Issue 71: Drachen Archives – Relegated to the Back Room…

As I was starting to organize all of the assorted objects that are not kites, [...]

Issue 71: News Reel

Japan: Shirone Kite Festival is a 360 year old kite festival which features kite battles [...]

Issue 71: REVisions – 100 Revs at WSIKF

I thought I had mentioned this in the last Revisions in Issue 70, but upon [...]

Issue 71: Buggy Newz – PKA Icicles Buggy Weekend

Westwood Ho! Beach, North Devon, UK. 30-31st January 2010 Saturday events: –  1 Hr enduro [...]

Issue 71: Featured Store – Kites R Us

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 70: From the Editor

Welcome to the 70th issue of Kitelife, the latest in over twelve years of online [...]

Issue 70: Kites… Life.

Sitting alongside my wife, I’m starting this article at 35,000 feet somewhere over Arizona on my [...]

Issue 70: AKA Corner

How many times have you flown a kite this New Year? Don’t let the weather [...]

Issue 70: Dave’s World: Gound Control

Some days it is just too windy. Some days the field is too crowded. And [...]

Issue 70: Dave’s World – Safety, Safety, Safety

A perfect flying day for me means not having to worry about someone getting hurt. [...]

Issue 70: News Reel

Travel/Tourism: Kite travel time share: the best of all world’s with a great business model! [...]